Who Is Ken Jeong’s Wife? All About Tran Jeong

Mar. 15, 2025

Ken Jeong and Tran Jeong attend the 73rd Primetime Emmy Awards.Photo:Rich Fury/Getty

Rich Fury/Getty

Before he found fame in film and television,Ken Jeongfound his wife.

The actor was working as a doctor when he met Tran Ho, also a doctor. The couple married in September 2004, and then welcomed their twin daughters, Alexa and Zooey, in 2007.

When the couple’s twins were just a year old, Tran was diagnosed with breast cancer. Around the same time, Ken was offered a role inThe Hangoveras Leslie Chow, which would propel his career forward.

Despite going through treatment for cancer and having young daughters, Tran encouraged her husband to take the opportunity.

“I was going to turn it down, but Tran encouraged me not to. She would not let her diagnosis change our lives or strip us from our dreams,” Ken wrote in a2011 personal essay for HuffPost.

He continued, “For as long as we’d known each other, she’d been my biggest champion in my efforts to pursue a career in comedy. She knew this was my chance, and again, she selflessly put herself second.”

So, who is Ken Jeong’s wife? Here’s everything to know about Tran Jeong and her relationship with the actor.

She met Ken at a singles mixer

Ken Jeong and Tran Jeong.Ken Jeong Instagram

Ken Jeong Instagram

Ken and Tran met when they were bothworking as doctorsat the same Los Angeles hospital. She was working in family medicine and he was in internal medicine.

“I remember we had a doctors' night out, like young doctors. Doctors in their late 20s, early 30s,” he added. “We all got together for a happy hour at a bar.”

She and Ken wed in 2004

Ken Jeong/Instagram

The couple wed on Sept. 6, 2004.

“Twenty years down, forever to go.You still complete me, Ho,” Ken wrote on Instagram in honor of the couple’s 20th wedding anniversary in September 2024.

She’s “secure” in herself

Ken Jeong and Tran Jeong attend the 71st Emmy Awards.Frazer Harrison/Getty

Frazer Harrison/Getty

Not only did the couple bond over a love of comedy, but Tran is comfortable being at the receiving end of her husband’s jokes. Even his 2019Netflixcomedy special,You Complete Me, Ho, is a play on her maiden name.

“Even when we got married, she was like, “I knew I married a comedic actor at heart. Not a doctor,” he added.

She encouraged Ken to become a full-time actor

Ken Jeong and Tran Jeong attend the 76th Annual Golden Globe Awards.George Pimentel/WireImage

George Pimentel/WireImage

Ken gives credit to Tran for pushing him to pursue a career in acting full time. After a few minor roles throughout the early 2000s,his life became “wonderfully surreal”after his big break in 2007’sKnocked Up.

“I was happy just being the doctor fromKnocked Up, much less what happened after,” he told critics during ABC’s summer press tour. “The Hangoverchanged my life from black-and-white to Technicolor.”

The actor explained, “I had filmedKnocked Upduring a vacation week. My wife was like a good college coach telling the star player it was time to go pro. She knew I had the secret ambition to want to act full time I just didn’t know if I could do this full time. It was really my wife’s confidence in me that encouraged me to do this full time. I owe my whole career to her.”

Though Ken no longer practices medicine, he has portrayed a doctor in a few roles including inKnocked UpandDr. Ken, and has evenput his skills to usein real life when necessary.

She is a mom of twins

Ken Jeong, Tran Jeong, Zooey Jeong and Alexa Jeong arrive at the Los Angeles premiere of “Despicable Me 2” in 2013.Gregg DeGuire/WireImage

Gregg DeGuire/WireImage

Ken and Tran became parents in 2007 with the arrival of their twin daughters, Alexa and Zooey.

Though the girls mostly stay out of the spotlight, they have made a few appearances over the years with their parents at premieres and events. And despite being twins, Ken has opened up aboutcelebrating their differencesand what makes each of his girls unique.

“There is something special and different about being a father to twin daughters,” theCommunitystar told PEOPLE in 2017.

“I have not one but two ‘Daddy’s little girls,’ and you have double that dynamic in a lot of ways,” he continued. “It really is just double the sweetness. There’s something to be said about that.”

He also shared a bit of advice for fellow parents, “The best thing I can recommend is to listen to your child. I really mean that.”

“Alexa loves gymnastics, and neither me nor my wife [are athletic] — she may have taken a few tumbling classes, but Alexa really had an aptitude and a passion for gymnastics and we encouraged that,” he shared.

“We listen to [our children] and I take a lot of pride in that,” he added. “Zooey, on the other hand, loves comedy. She’s guest starred onDr. Ken, and it’s been fun having shared experiences as well.”

She is a breast cancer survivor

Ken Jeong and Tran Jeong.ABC/Getty

ABC/Getty

Tran is abreast cancersurvivor. She was diagnosed with the illness after finding a lump in her breast while breastfeeding her daughters when they were infants.

“It was difficult to comprehend why this was happening to her at a time when she should be enjoying the first years of motherhood with her young children,” Ken wrote ina personal essay for HuffPost. “I now believe there was a reason she was diagnosed when she was — she had a mother’s strength to draw from, and a stronger will to fight.”

Tran is still working as a doctor and has been in remission for over a decade. After witnessing the journey his wife embarked on through chemotherapy and treatments, itinspired Ken to become an advocateforcancer detection and research.

TheCommunityactor once toldPEOPLE Now, “It’s the most important thing to me, family-wise and personally. And I have actually gone to different hospitals just to speak of breast cancer awareness and the importance of getting screened. And I’ve been just doing talks around the country.”

She gave approval for Ken to appear naked inThe Hangover

Ken Jeong and wife Tran Ho attend The Hangover II Premiere in 2011.Michael Kovac/WireImage

Michael Kovac/WireImage

Before Ken stripped down for his role of Leslie Chow inThe Hangoverand laterThe Hangover Part II, he gotapproval from someone important– Tran.

“I’m very blessed to have a supportive wife,” he added. “In fact, she said this will be a feel-good movie because every guy will go home feeling good about themselves.”

She and Ken have walked several red carpets together

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Over the years, Tran and Ken have become posing pros on the red carpet.

In January 2024, the couple made an appearance at the 75th annualEmmy Awardsin Los Angeles. Tran wowed in a floral Marchesa gown, and Ken looked dapper in a Gucci tuxedo.

source: people.com